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    ZyXEL G-360 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter User's Guide Version 3.0 8/2005 ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide ii Copyright Copyright Copyright ©2005 by ZyXEL Co mmunications Corporation The contents of this publi cation may not be reproduced i n any part or as a whol e, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any langu age, or tr ansmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty iii ZyXEL Limited W arranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end us er (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workm anship fo r a period of up to tw o (2) years f rom the date of purch ase. During t he warra nty perio d and upon pr oof of pu rchase, should the product h ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide iv FCC Statement Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference S tatement The device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Op eration is subject to the following two conditio ns: • This device m ay not cause harmful interference. • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Table of Contents v T able of Content s Copyright ...................................................................................................................... ................................. ii ZyXEL Limite d Warranty ............................................................................................. ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide vi Table of Contents 6.1.1 Ena bling OTIST ................................................................................................................. .. 6-1 6.1.2 Starting OT IST ................................................................................................................. ... 6-2 6.1.3 Notes on ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide List of Figures vii List of Figures Figure 1-1 Infrast ructure Example .............................................................................................. .................1-2 Figure 1-2 Ad-H oc Example ...................................................................................................... ...... ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide viii List of Tables List of T ables T able 1-1ZyXEL Utility: System T r ay Icon ....................................................................................... .......... 1-4 T able 1-2 Scre en S ummary ................................................................................................................ ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting Started This chapter introduces the G-360 and p repares you to use the ZyXEL Utility. 1.1 About Y o ur G-360 The G-360 is an IEEE 802.11g co mpliant wireless LAN adapter. The following lists the main features of your G-360. See the product specifications in the appendix for detailed f ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 1-2 Getting Started 1.3 Graphics Icons Key Wireless Access Point Computer Notebook computer Server Modem or Router Wireless Signal 1.4 Application Overview 1.4.1 Infrastructure To connect t o a network via a n Access Point (A P), set the G-360 netwo rk type to Infr astructure . Throug h the AP, you can access the Internet ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-3 1.4.2 Ad-Hoc In case you p refer to set u p a small indepe ndent wi reless workg roup with out an AP, use the Ad -Hoc mode . Ad-hoc m ode does not require an AP or a wi red network. Two or m ore wireless clients communicate directly to eac h other. Figure 1-2 Ad-Hoc Example T o set up an Ad-Hoc network ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 1-4 Getting Started DO NOT use WZC or the Odyssey Client Manager and the Zy XEL Utility at the same time. 1.7 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility After you install and start the ZyXEL Utility, an icon for the ZyXEL Utility appears in the system tray. When the ZyXEL Utility system tray icon displays, the G-360 is inst alled proper ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-5 Figure 1-4 Screen Overvie w The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 1-2 Screen Summary SCREEN DESCRIPTION Link Info Use this screen to see your current connection status, configurati on and data rate statistics. Site Survey Use this screen to ¾ scan for a wireless network. ¾ co ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 1-6 Getting Started 1.8.1 Site Survey After you insert the G-360 and install th e ZyXEL Utility, follow the steps below to connect to a network using the Site Surve y screen . 1. Make sure a wireless netw ork is available an d within range . 2. Open the ZyXEL Utility and click the Site Surve y tab to open the screen as sh ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-7 If the selected net work is unavailable or security settings are not correct, th e G- 360 will be disconnected. Figure 1-6 Site Survey: Security Settings 6. Verify that you have successfully connected to the selected network and check the network information in the Link Info screen. If the G-360 is not ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 1-8 Getting Started 1.8.2 Profiles A profile is a set of wireless parameters that you ne ed to connect to a wire less network. With a profile activated, each time you start the G-36 0, it automatically scans for the specific SSID and joins that network with the pre-defined wireless security settings. If the specified netw ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-9 4. Give the profi le a descript ive nam e (of up to 32 printable ASCII characters). If you want to connect to an AP, select Infrastr ucture and e nter the AP’s SSID. If yo u want to con nect to another peer wireless devi ce directly (wit hout an AP ), select Ad -Hoc and e nter the same SSID as that d ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 1-10 Getting Started 5. If you selected Infrastr ucture , s kip to the next step. If you selected Ad-Hoc , use the same cha nnel as the peer wireless device. Figure 1-10 Profile: Channel ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-11 6. If you selected Infrastruc ture , choose t he same encryption m ethod ( Disable , WEP , WPA , WPA2 , WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK or 802.1x ) as the AP to which you want to co nnect. If you selected Ad- Hoc , you can only use WEP . Figure 1-11 Profile: Encryption ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 1-12 Getting Started 7. This screen varies depending on the encryption m ethod you selected in the previous screen. Enter the same settings as the a ssociated network. Figure 1-12 Profile: Security ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-13 8. Verify the profile settings in the ready-only screen. Click Save to save and go to the next screen . Click Back to return to the previou s screen. Figure 1-13 Profile: Confirm 9. Click Activate Now to use th e new profile imme diately. Otherwi se, click Activate Late r and go back to the Profile sc ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 1-14 Getting Started Activating a Profile If you have m ore than one profile, you ca n use one of the pre-configured profiles to connect to a wireless network by activating it. Follow the steps below to activate a profile. Only one profile can be activ ated and used at any given time. 1. In the ZyXEL Utility, click the Pr ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Link Info 2-1 Chapter 2 Link Info This chapter shows you detailed information about t he Link Info screen. 2.1 T ransmission Rate (T ransfer Rate) The G-360 provides various tran smission (data) rate options for you to select. Optio ns include Fully Auto , 1 Mbps , 2 Mbps , 5.5 Mbps , 11 Mbps , 6 Mbps , 9 Mbps , 12 Mbps , ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 2-2 Link Info Figure 2-1 Link Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 2-1 Link Info LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Network Status The following fields show the information of the net wo rk to which the G-360 is connected. If there is no associated wireless net work, they are blank. Profile Name Thi ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Link Info 2-3 Table 2-1 Link Info LABEL DESCRIPTION AP MAC Address This field displays the MAC addr ess of the wireless device to which the G-360 is associated. Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (M edia Access Control) address . The MAC address is assigned at the factory and cons is ts of six pairs of hexadecimal cha ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 2-4 Link Info 2.2.1 T rend Chart Click Trend Chart in the Link Info screen to open the read -only screen as sh own next. Figure 2-2 Link Info: Trend Chart The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 2-2 Link Info: Trend Chart LABEL DESCRIPTION Transmit This field displays the current data trans mission ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Site Survey 3-1 Chapter 3 Site Survey This chapter provides a detailed description about the Site Survey screen. See the Getting Stated chapter for how to connect to a network using the Site Survey sc reen. 3.1 Configuring the Site Survey screen Click the Site Survey tab a nd use thi s screen to scan for a wireless networ ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 3-2 Site Survey Table 3-1 Site Survey LABEL DESCRIPTION Available Net work List The wireless network to which the G-360 is associ ated is bolded. Click a column heading to sort the entries. A tria ngle indicate s ascending or descending sor t order. , or denotes that the wireless device is in infras tructure mode. denotes ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Security Settings 4-1 Chapter 4 Security Settings This chapter discusses how to configure wireless security on the G-360. 4.1 Wireless LAN Security Wireless LAN security is vital to protect wireless communications. The figure below shows the possible wireless security lev els on your G-360. EAP (Extensible Authentication ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 4-2 Security Settings For WLAN adapters without th e pa ssphrase feature, you can still tak e advantage of this feature by writing down the four automatically generated WEP keys from the Security Settings scre en of the ZyXEL Utility and entering them manually as the WEP keys in the other WLAN adapter(s). • Enter the WE ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Security Settings 4-3 4.3.1 WEP Encryption Figure 4-1 Security Settings: WEP The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 4-2 Security Settings: WEP LABEL DESCRIPTION WEP Select 64 Bits , 128 Bits or 256 Bits to activate WEP encryption and then fill in the related fields. Authentication Select Share to a ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 4-4 Security Settings Table 4-2 Security Settings: WEP LABEL DESCRIPTION Key x (whe re x is a number between 1 and 4) If you want to manually set the WEP keys, enter the WEP key (same as the AP or peer device) in the field provided. If you select 64 Bits in the WEP field.  Enter either 10 hexadecimal d igits in the ran ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Security Settings 4-5 4.3.2 WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK Figure 4-2 Security Settings: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PS K The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 4-3 Security Settings: WPA-PS K/WPA2-PSK FIELD DESCRIPTION Encryption Type WPA uses TKIP and WPA2 uses AE S to improve data encr yption. Pass Phrase The encryption m ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 4-6 Security Settings 4.3.3 WP A/WP A2 or 802.1x Figure 4-3 Security Settings: WPA/WPA2 or 802.1x The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 4-4 Security Settings: WPA/WP A2 or 802.1x FIELD DESCRIPTION Authentication Type Select the authent ication method that the RA DIUS se rver uses from the drop dow ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Security Settings 4-7 Table 4-4 Security Settings: WPA/WP A2 or 802.1x FIELD DESCRIPTION Certificate This field is only av ailable when you select EAP-TLS in the Authentica tion Type field. Specify the location and n ame of a certificate in the Certificate field or click Browse to locate it. Y ou must first have a wired c ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Profile 5-1 Chapter 5 Profile This chapter describes how to configure and use a profile. 5.1 Configuring the Profile Screen Click the Profile tab in the ZyXEL Utility program to display the Profile screen as shown next. The profile function allows you to save a wireless network’s settings, so you can use them again late ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 5-2 Profile Table 5-1 Profile LABEL DESCRIPTION Profile List Click a column heading to sort the entries. A tria ngle indicate s ascending or descending sor t order. , or denotes that the wireless device is in infras tructure mode. denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-H oc mode. displays with the previous t wo icons i ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Profile 5-3 Figure 5-2 Profile: Add New Profile The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 5-2 Profile: Add New Profile LABEL DESCRIPTION Profile Name Enter a descriptive name (of up to 32 printable ASCII charac ters) in this field. SSID Select an availabl e wireless device in the Scan Info table and c ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 5-4 Profile Table 5-2 Profile: Add New Profile LABEL DESCRIPTION Exit Click Exit to go back to the previous screen without saving. Scan Info This table displays the information of the av aila ble wireless net works within the transmission range. , or denotes that the wireless device is in infras tructure mode. denotes tha ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Profile 5-5 Step 2. If you select the Infrastruc ture network type in the previous screen, skip to Step 3 . If you select the Ad-Hoc network type in the previous screen , a screen displays as follows. Select the same channel number as the peer device an d click Ne xt to continue. Figure 5-3 Profile: Select a Channel ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 5-6 Profile Step 3. If you select Infrastruc ture network type in the first screen, select the same encryption method as the AP ( WEP , WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK , WPA , WPA2 or 802.1x ) from the drop-down list box to enable data encryption. If you select Ad-Hoc network type in the first screen, you can only use WEP encryption m ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Profile 5-7 Step 4. The screen varies depending on the encryption method you select in the previous screen. The settings must be exactly the same on the APs or other pee r wireless devices as they are on the G-360. Re fer to Section 1.1 for detailed information on wireless security configuration. Figure 5-5 Profile: Secur ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 5-8 Profile Step 5. This read-only screen shows a su mmary of the new profile settings. Verify that the settings are correct. Click Save to sa ve and go t o the next screen. Clic k Back to re turn t o the previo us screen. Otherwise, click Exit to go back to the Profile screen without saving. Figure 5-6 Profile: Confirm N ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Profile 5-9 Step 6. To use this network profile, click the Activate Now butt on. Othe rwise, clic k the Activat e Later button. Once you activate a profile, the Zy XEL Utility will use that profile the next time it is st arted. Figure 5-7 Profile: Activate the Profile ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Adapter 6-1 Chapter 6 Adapter This chapter discusses OTIST and how to configure the Adapter screen. 6.1 Introduction to OTIST In a wireless network, the wireless clients must ha ve the same SSID a nd security settings as the access point (AP) or wireless router (we will refer to both as “AP” here) in order to associat ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 6-2 Adapter AP You can ena ble OTIST usi ng the reset b utton or t he web confi gurator. If you use the reset butto n, the default (0 1234567) or previous sav ed (through the web co nfigurator) Setup Key is used to encrypt the settings that you want to transfer. Hold in the Reset butto n for one or two seco nds. If you ho ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Adapter 6-3 ¾ In the wireless client, you see this screen if it can't find an OTIST-enabled AP (with the same Setup Key ). Click OK to go back to the ZyXEL Utility main screen. ¾ If there is more than one OTIST-enabled AP within ra nge, you see a screen aski ng you to sel ect one AP to get settings from. 6.1.3 Note ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 6-4 Adapter 4. If you chan ge the SSID or the keys on the AP aft er using OTIST, you need to ru n OTIST agai n or enter them manually in the wireless client(s). 5. If you configure OTIST to ge nerate a WPA(2)-P SK key, t his key changes each tim e you run OTIST. Therefore, if a new wireless client joins your wireless netw ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Adapter 6-5 Table 6-1 Adapter LABEL DESCRIPTION Transfer Rate Select a transmission speed from t he drop-down list box. Options are Fully Auto (default), 1 Mbps , 2 Mbps , 5.5 Mbps , 11 Mbps , 6 Mbps , 9 Mbps , 12 Mbps , 18 Mbps , 22 Mbps , 24 Mbps , 36 Mbps , 48 Mbps , 54 Mbps and 125 Mb ps . Select Fully Auto to allow y ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Troubleshooting 7-1 Chapter 7 Maintenance This chapter describes how to uninstall or upgrade the ZyXEL Utility. 7.1 The About Screen The About sc reen display s relate d version n umbers of the G-360. T o display t he screen as shown next, click the about ( ) button. Figure 7-1 About The following table d escribes the r e ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 7-2 Troubleshooting 7.2 Uninst alling the ZyXEL Utility Follow the steps below to remove (or uninstall) the ZyXEL Utility from your computer. 1. Click Start , Programs , Z yXEL G-360 802.11g Wireless PCI Card , Uninstall . 2. When prom pted, click OK to remove the driver and the utility software. Figure 7-2 Confirm Uninst ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Troubleshooting 8-1 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting This chapter covers pote ntial problems and the possi ble remedies. After each pr oblem description, some instructions are p rovided to help you to diagnose and to solve the problem . 8.1 Problems S t arting the ZyXEL Utility Program Table 8-1 Troubleshooting Starting ZyXEL Ut ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 8-2 Troubleshooting 8.2 Problem with the Link S t atus Table 8-2 Troubleshooting Link Qual ity PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The link qualit y and/or signal strength is poor all the time. Search and connect to another AP with a better link qua lity using the Site Survey screen. Move your computer closer to the AP or the peer ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Troubleshooting 8-3 8.4 Related Documentation ¾ Support Di sk Refer to the included C D for supp ort docum ents and devi ce drivers. ¾ Quick Start Guide Our Quick Start Gui de is designe d to help y ou get you r G-360 u p and run ning right away. It contains a detailed easy-to-fo llow connection diagram and info rmation ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide 8-4 Troubleshooting SUPPORT E-MAIL TELEPHONE 1 WEB SITE METHOD LOCATION SALES E-MAIL FAX FTP SITE REGULAR MAIL support@zyxel.dk +45 39 55 07 00 www.zyx el.dk DENMARK sales@zyxel.dk +45 39 55 07 07 ZyXEL Communicat ions A/S Columbusvej 5 2860 Soeborg Denmark support@zyxel.fi +358-9-4780-8411 FINLAND sales@zyx el.fi +358-9- ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Product Specifications A Appendix A Product S pecifications Product Name ZyXEL G-360 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter Type 3.3V 32-bit PCI V2.2 Standards IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g Network Architectures Infrastructure Ad-Hoc Operating Fre quencies 2.412-2.483GHz (Industrial Sc ientific Medical Band) Operating Channe ls IEEE 80 ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide B Product Specifications Output Power 17 dBm (typical) at 11Mbps DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK 14 dBm (typical) at 54Mbps OF DM RX Sensitivity 802.11g (OFDM): 54 Mbps: < -68 dBm (typ.) < -69 dBM (max.) 802.11b (PBCC): 22 Mbps: < -83 dBm (typ.) < -88 dBM (max.) Temperature Operating: 0° ~ 50° C Storage: -30° ~ 60° C Re ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration Tool C Appendix B Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration T ool Windows XP includes a con figuration tool (also known as W ireless Zero Configuration (WZC)) for wireless devices. Follow the steps below to disable the configuration tool in Windows XP after you install the ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide D Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration Tool 2. Windows XP SP1 : When a Wireless Network Connection window displays, click Advanced… . Diagram 2 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Net work Connection Windows XP SP2 : When a Wireless Network Connection window displays, click Change advanced set tings unde r Related Tas ks ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration T ool E 3. In the Wireless Network Connecti on Properties window, make sure the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box is not selected. Click OK . Diagram 4 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Net work Connection Properties ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide F Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration Tool Diagram 5 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Net work Connection Properties V ia the Control Panel 1. If the icon for the wireless network connection is not in the system tray, click Sta rt , Control Panel and double -click Netw ork Connections . ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration Tool G 2. Double-click on the icon f or wireless ne twork connection to display a status window as sh own below. Diagram 6 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Net work Connection Status Diagram 7 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Net work Connection Status ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide H Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration Tool 3. Click Properties and click the Wireless Networks tab. 4. In the Wireless Network Connecti on Properties window, make sure the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box is not selected. Click OK . Diagram 8 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Net work Conne ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration T ool I Diagram 9 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Net work Connection Properties ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration K Appendix C Management with Wireless Zero Configuration This appendix sh ows you how to manage your G -360 using the Windows XP wirele ss zero configuration tool. Be sure you have the Windows XP service pack 2 installed on your computer. Otherwise, you should at least have the ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide L Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Connecting to a Wireless Network 1. Double-click the network icon for wireless connections in the system tray to open the Wireless Network Connection Status screen. Diagram 11 Windows XP SP2: System Tray Icon The type of t he wireless net work ic on in Wind ows XP SP2 indicate ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration M 2. Windows X P SP2: In the Wireless Network Con nection Status scre en, click View Wireless Networks to open the Wireless Network Connection scre en. Diagram 12 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Net work Connection Status ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide N Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Windows X P SP1: In the Wireless Network Con nection Status scre en, click Propertie s and the Wireless Networks tab to open the Wireless Network Connection Properties screen. Diagram 13 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Net work Connection Status ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration O 3. Windows XP SP2: Click Refresh network list to reload and search for available wireless devices within transmission range. Select a wireless network in the list and click Connect to j oin t he selected wireless network. Diagram 14 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Net work Connection ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide P Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Chart 2 Windo ws XP SP2: Wireless Network Connection ICON DESCRIPTION This denotes that this wireless net work is yo ur preferred network. Ordering your preferred networks is important because the G-360 tri es to a ssociate to the preferred net work first in the order that you ...

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    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Q 4. Windows XP SP2: If the wireless security is activated for the selected wireless network, the Wireless Network Connection screen displays. You must set the related fields in the Wireless Network Connection screen to the sam e security setti ngs as the associat ed AP. Refer t ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 76

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide R Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Security Settings When you configur e the G-360 to conn ect to a secure network but the se curity settings are not yet enabled on the G-360, you will see different screens according to the authentication and encrypti on methods us ed by the selected network. Association Select ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 77

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration S Chart 4 Windo ws XP: Wireless (net work) proper ties: Association LABEL DESCRIPTION Network Authentication This field automatically sho w s the authentication method ( Share , Open , WP A or WPA- PSK ) used by the selected network. Refer to Section 4.2 for more information. Da ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 78

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide T Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Diagram 19 Windo ws XP: Wireless (network) properties: Au thentication The following table describes the labels in this screen. Chart 5 Windo ws XP: Wireless (network) proper ties: Authentication LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network This field d ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 79

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration U Chart 5 Windo ws XP: Wireless (network) proper ties: Authentication LABEL DESCRIPTION Authenticate as guest when user or computer information is unavailable Select this check box to have the computer a ccess to the network as a guest when a user is not logged on or computer in ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 80

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide V Management with Wireless Zero Configuration The following table describes the labels in this screen. Chart 6 Windows XP: Protected EAP Properties LABEL DESCRIPTION Validate server certificate Select the check box to verify the ce rtificate of the aut hentication server. Connect to these servers Select the check box and ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 81

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration W Smart Card or other Certificate Properties Diagram 21 Windows XP: Smart Card or other Cer tificate Properties The following table describes the labels in this screen. Chart 7 Windo ws XP: Smart Card or other Certificate Properties LABEL DESCRIPTION Use my smart card Select thi ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 82

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide X Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Chart 7 Windo ws XP: Smart Card or other Certificate Properties LABEL DESCRIPTION Trusted Root Certification Authorities: Select a trusted certification authority from the list bel ow. Y ou must first have a wired connection to a net work and obt ain the certificate(s) from a ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 83

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Y Diagram 22 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Net works: Preferred Networks Windows X P SP1: In the Wireless Network Con nection Status scre en, click Propertie s and the Wireless Networks tab to ope n the screen a s shown. ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 84

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Z Management with Wireless Zero Configuration Diagram 23 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Net works: Preferred Networks 2. Whenever the G-360 trie s to connect to a new net work, the new networ k is added i n the Preferred networks table automatically. Select a network and click Move up or Move down to chang e it’s order, click ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 85

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Wireless LANs A A Appendix D Wireless LANs Wireless LAN T opologies This section di scusses ad-hoc and infrast ructure wirele ss LAN to pologies. Ad-Hoc (IBSS) The simplest WLAN config uration is an i ndependen t (Ad-hoc) WLAN that connects a set of compute rs with wireless clients. Any time two or more wireless ad apters ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 86

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide BB Wireless LANs Diagram 25 BSS Example A series of o verlappin g BSS and a network m edium, su ch as an Ethernet form s an Extended Service Set (ESS) or in frastructure net work. All com municati on is done thr ough the AP , which relays data packets t o other wireless clients or de vices conn ected to the wi red network ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 87

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Wireless LANs C C EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an auth entication protocol that run s on top of the IEEE802.1x transport mechanism in order to support multip le type s of user authenticatio n. By using EAP to interact with an EAP-compatible RADIUS server, a n access po int helps a wireles s client and a RAD ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 88

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide DD Wireless LANs The encryption mechanism s used for WPA and WPA- PSK are the same. The only difference betwee n the two is that WPA-PSK uses a simple common password , instead of use r-specific credent ials. The comm on- password approach makes WPA-PSK susceptible to br ute-force password-guessing attacks but it’s stil ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 89

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Wireless LANs E E Diagram 27 WPA(2)-PSK Authentication WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example You need the IP addr ess of the RADIUS server, its port number ( default is 1812), and the RADIUS shar ed secret. A WPA(2) application example with an extern al RADIUS server looks as follows . “A” is the RADIUS server. “DS ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 90

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide FF Wireless LANs Diagram 28 WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Exam ple ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 91

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Types of EAP Authentication GG Appendix E T ypes of EAP Authentication This appendix discus ses the five popular EAP authentication typ es: EAP-M D5 , EAP-TLS , EAP-TTLS , PEAP and LEAP . The type o f authenticat ion you use depends o n the RADI US server. C onsult your network a dministrat or for mor e informat ion. EAP- ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 92

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide HH Types of EAP Authentication LEAP LEAP (Light weight E xtensibl e Authent ication Prot ocol) i s a Cisco im plement ation o f IEEE802 .1x. For added sec urity, certi ficate-based authe ntications (EAP-TLS, EAP-TT LS and PEAP ) use dynam ic keys for data enc ryption. They are often deployed i n corporate e nvironm ents, ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 93

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Index II Appendix F Index A About .............................................................. 7-1 About the ZyX EL Utility ................................ 7-1 Accessing the Zy XEL Utility .......................... 1-4 Activating a Pr ofile ....................................... 1-14 Add a New Pr ofile............... ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 94

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide JJ Index Online Regist ration ........................................... iii Open authentic ation mode .............................. 4-2 OTIST ............................................................. 6-1 P passphrase ....................................................... 4-2 PEAP .................................. ...

  • ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-360 - page 95

    ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide Index KK ZyXEL Utility WPA/WPA2................................................ 4-6 ZyXEL Utility Removing .................................................... 7-2 ZyXEL Utility Before you upgrade ..................................... 7-2 ZyXEL Utility Maintenance............................7-1 ZyXEL Utility Up grading .. ...

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